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Ambassador

Curriculum Vitae

suursaadik Eesti Moskva suursaatkond Margus Laidre

MARGUS LAIDRE

1959, Tartu, Estonia

Education:

  • 1982 University of Tartu, Department of History
  • 1983 Research Fellow, University of Tartu, Department of History
  • 1988 Research Fellow, Center of Baltic Studies, University of Stockholm
  • 1990 Research Fellow, Swedish Institute, Stockholm

Career Details:

  • 1987 University of Tartu, Lecturer of History
  • 1987 Cand. of Hist.Sc.
  • 1991 University of Toronto, Guest Lecturer
  • 1991 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Estonian Information Office in
  • Stockholm, Head of the Office
  • 1991 Ambassador to Sweden
  • 1995 Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciencies, Foreign Member
  • 1996 Ambassador to Germany
  • 1997 Ambasador to the Holy See (from Bonn/Berlin)
  • 2000 Ph. D. of General History
  • 2000 Director of Division (Russia, CIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tallinn
  • 2001 Director General, 3rd Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tallinn
  • 2006 Ambassador to the UK
  • 2010 Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of the Republic of Estonia
  • 2014 Ambassador to Finland
  • 2018 Ambassador to the Russian Federation